Books Events in Manchester

Check out happening books events all around Manchester, EN

Alice Cooper Devil on My Shoulder Book Tour

 Fri, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Opera House, Manchester

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Ancient Futures with Fonda Lee, Soraya Bouazzaoui & A. S. Tamaki

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 5

An Evening with Terry Deary - Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL

 Fri, 17 Jul at 10:00 am Manchester Central Library GBP 25 to 35

A Club of Thorns and Roses - Manchester GB

 Sat, 07 Nov at 11:00 pm The Deaf Institute

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 13

Celebrating Caroline Aherne with David Scott - Waterstones Deansgate

 Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

An Evening with Steve Cavanagh - Manchester Deansgate

 Sat, 01 Aug at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

'Malc's Boy'. Shaun Wilson in conversation with Tony Walsh.

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 4 to 15

An Evening with Sufiyaan Salam - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

An Evening with Katherine Arden - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

Celebrate Heartstopper 6: Quiz Night at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 6

THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

 Fri, 03 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

Big Books Quiz Night at Waterstones Deansgate

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 6

Meet Ben Miller at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Wed, 20 May at 01:00 pm Waterstones GBP 20

An Evening with Shannon Chakraborty - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

G. Forsyth-Read in conversation with Ally Mackintosh - Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

An evening with Clint Boon - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 27 Aug at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

Kirsty Greenwood, Lucy Jane Wood & Laura Wood - Waterstones Manchester

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 6

An Evening with the Map Men - Manchester Deansgate

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 19

You Choose Party with Nick Sharratt & Pippa Goodhart - Deansgate

 Sun, 30 Aug at 03:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 15

DEAD BUT DREAMING: Paul Tremblay in conversation with Neil McRobert

 Fri, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 19

MUSIC Q&A: ‘IT’S TIME THE TALE WERE TOLD: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE SMITHS’

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

The Nerve presents Dave Eggers in conversation: Contrapposto

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 12

RETOLD: Kat Dunn and Elle Machray in conversation

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 32

TBR BOOK FESTIVAL

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:00 am Band on the Wall GBP 12

MANCHESTER MUST DANCE. An in conversation with MIKE PICKERING

 Sun, 15 Nov at 02:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 20 to 22

Books that Matter

 Fri, 12 Jun at 10:30 am The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

Crime Central

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 2 to 6

The Spanish Civil War at 90 – collections & conversations

 Sat, 11 Jul at 11:00 am People's History Museum GBP 0 to 11

Dining with Jane Austen

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 31

Meet T L Swan at Manchester Arndale Waterstones!

 Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am Waterstones GBP 10

THE VIVISECTORS: Missouri Williams in conversation

 Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 15 to 22

Author Q&A: 'THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH OF OZZY OSBOURNE' - KEITH KAHN-HARRIS

 Mon, 01 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Meet The Heirs with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Manchester

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Mon, 14 Sep at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

Friday Night Fever: Inside The Cult Of Half Man Half Biscuit

 Fri, 13 Nov at 08:45 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 12 to 14

The Library of the Past and the Future

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

Manchester Book Club: Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

 Mon, 25 May at 05:30 pm The Black Friar, 41 - 43 Blackfriars Road

Manchester Central Library Board Games Café

 Wed, 01 Apr at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

"Cool to be You" Game Day

 Thu, 21 May at 04:30 pm North Star Centre @ City View House Free

HOW NOT TO SAVE THE WORLD: Anthea Lawson in conversation

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Zine and Collage Workshop

 Tue, 23 Jun at 06:30 pm Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom GBP 17

NEW YORK: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY - J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair 2026

 Sat, 31 Oct at 10:00 am People's History Museum

Hot Banana Book Event with Abi Roberts & Jonny Woodrow

 Sat, 23 May at 06:00 pm Britons Protection GBP 12

IN TRANSLATION: Miha Mazzini and Celia Hawkesworth in conversation

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 14

Lauryn Hamilton Murray in Conversation with Alwyn Hamilton - Arndale

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 12

Crime Central Book Club June 2026

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library - Chief Librarian's Office Free

SHARED READING in association with The Reader - Human Natures

 Tue, 19 May The Manchester Museum Free

The Main Character Book Club at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 6

Book Launch: Anglo German Manchester

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Storytelling: Los sueños de Ilán

 Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Goyle, Chert, Mire Book Launch with Jean Sprackland (Hybrid Event)

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Creative Book Club - The Creative Act (Saturday book social Manchester)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 3 to 6

YA Panel at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5

A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing: Emily Midorikawa in conversation

 Thu, 23 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Palette Perspectives Book Club (May)

 Thu, 28 May at 07:30 pm Whitworth Locke, Civic Quarter GBP 6

Manchester Bound & Booked - Book Bonanza X Love Honey

 Sat, 12 Sep at 10:00 am The Alan Manchester GBP 5 to 55

Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 0 to 27

Scripted Social - Monthly Play Reading Group (Pity by Rory Mullarkey)

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am 53two Studio GBP 25

Jot: Pop Up Bookshop

 Sun, 22 Mar Station South Free

Lines of Love and Resistance - An Evening of Ukrainian Poetry

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Manchester Cathedral GBP 0 to 10

HELEN OF NOWHERE: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 3: Monstress

 Tue, 02 Jun at 06:00 pm Navarro Lounge Free

Book launch : Textual Actants (Infrastructure) w/ readings and discussion

 Wed, 20 May at 04:00 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

THE ISLAND BOOK OF RECORDS with Neil Storey

 Fri, 13 Nov at 08:30 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 11 to 13

THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH OF OZZY OSBOURNE: How Metal Teaches Us to Live

 Sat, 14 Nov at 04:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 11 to 13

ATYPICAL GRRRLS: Women & Punk: Molly Tie, Penny Kiley, Helen McCookerybook

 Sat, 14 Nov at 02:15 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 12 to 14

When Politics Meets Markets in China

 Tue, 26 May at 12:30 pm Manchester China Institute Free

THE ZINE CLUB

 Fri, 20 Feb at 12:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Slow Reading: Charles Dickens' Pictures from Italy

 Wed, 20 May at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

Slow Reading: de Stael's Corinne or Italy

 Wed, 08 Jul at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

Slow Reading: Robert Browning in Italy

 Wed, 03 Jun at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

Philip Quinn book launch

Tue, 01 Sep at 06:30 pm Tba

LOCAL PRESS CLUB: Badge Class @ Cafe Blah

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Cafe Blah

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Identity Global Majority Writers Group

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

AFRILIT BOOK CLUB - Your local African literature book club

 Wed, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE MYTHIC NEXUS

 Wed, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free